“He was putting a…”: this improbable piece of information dropped by Jacques Weber on Johnny live on France Inter

On the airwaves of France Inter, Monday, January 20, 2025, Jacques Weber was the guest of Léa Salamé. A big fan of Johnny Hallyday, the famous actor took advantage of to make a revelation about the late rocker.

© France Inter Jacques Weber is a big fan of Johnny Hallyday.

IN BRIEF

• Jacques Weber was Léa Salamé's guest on France Inter on January 20, 2025 to promote his play 'L’injuste'.
• He shared memories of his difficult childhood and paid tribute to the healthcare staff after his remission from cancer.
• Jacques Weber expressed his admiration for Johnny Hallyday, calling him an “absolute example” and recalled their significant meeting.

It was Jacques Weber who was the first guest of the week of Léa Salamé, on France Inter, Monday January 20, 2025. The actor came to promote the play L’injuste, which he is performing from January 23 at the Théâtre de la Renaissance in Paris. During the interview, he was notably questioned about his difficult childhood.

“I was considered, my father said, as 'a little fool'. And that school too, since I was in éadaptation school“, he explained at first. During this period, he remembers an “extremely rigidity” where “thefork strokes if you put your elbows on the table” reigned. Today, he is an accomplished artist who no longer has anything to prove to anyone.

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Jacques Weber is a big fan of Johnny Hallyday

Despite; everything, he knows that success does not prevent illness. He himself has dû face &agrav; cancer in 2019. Now in remission, he wanted to be on France Inter to pay tribute to the healthcare staff. “I discovered an absolutely magnificently generous world […] the hospital world, the world of nurses, the world of teachers […] if you're not surrounded by such magnificent people, it's complicated“, he confided.

Another artist had to face the disease but came out of it less well. It's Johnny Hallyday. The teen idol died in December 2017, from cancer. In an old interview, Jacques Weber had said he needed to listen to Johnny Hallyday or Jacques Brel to be able to relax. Léa Salam&eacute wanted to please him by broadcasting an excerpt from a song by the rocker.

Jacques Weber on Johnny Hallyday: “He's an absolute example”

“This man was extraordinary on stage. I had the wonderful chance to know him. He was so shy, so respectful. He came to the theater, he wore a tie. I'll remember it all my life. ça. He éwent to see all the actors in the cast, from the smallest role to the biggest. He is an absolute example“, he recounted with great emotion.

He had the chance to meet David Hallyday's father through their mutual friend, Nathalie Baye. Jacques Weber will never be able to forget the singer.